Monday Feb 18 2008, Bangalore

Devraj and Bhanupriya for Meshtru

Devaraj is back again.The actor, who is famous for his cop's role, has arrived, this time, not as a cop but a teacher.Yes, Devaraj for the first time is essaying a role of Meshtru (Teacher).The film will be directed by Mahadev, who had earlier directed a film called Huttidare Kannadanaadalli Huttabeku, which is yet to be released.The film has been launched recently.

Devaraj portrays the role of Mathematics teacher in a corporation school.“The story is about a simple, poor and truthful teacher gets into complications and coming out of it,” says Mahadev.  "This is based on a true incident that I have witnessed some decades ago.I was longing to make a film based on the incident.Now the time has come," he adds.

Devaraj says that he is very poor in Mathematics, but is clever in calculations of life.“But here it is vice-versa.The teacher goes wrong in his life's mathematics.What happens next forms the crux of the film,” says Devaraj.Dilip Pai who started his career with the not so good Road Romeo is back with this film.

He is playing the role of a fan of Devaraj.Bhanupriya the yesteryears star of Tamil and Telugu films is playing Devaraj's better half in the film.Ananth Nag, Mansoor Ali Khan forms the rest of the star cast.Indra is in charge of the music.